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The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time

Rick Conlow

They give you clues to what’s going on in organizations, and the potential impact of The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time. A time management study by Theodore Barry and Associates showed that 40-50% of employee time is unproductive! 5 Clues about the Greatest Leadership Principle.

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Why Minimize Management Decision Time

Johanna Rothman

I still see so many teams spend weeks at a time estimating projects they won't start for years. Or, that someone is supposed to estimate ROI when no one has done any small experiments to see if anyone would buy/use this product/feature. The managers lose their context to make a decision quickly. I'm always off.

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Do You Really Have Time to Do a Do-over?

Makarios Consulting

Poor-performance employees gain the opportunity to turn themselves around and become productive members of the team. All of those outcomes SAVE TIME because you get more work at a higher quality from your team! To address the many aspects of change management. That investment will reap a positive ROI for you, guaranteed.

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Do You Really Have Time to Do a Do-over?

Makarios Consulting

Poor-performance employees gain the opportunity to turn themselves around and become productive members of the team. All of those outcomes SAVE TIME because you get more work at a higher quality from your team! To address the many aspects of change management. That investment will reap a positive ROI for you, guaranteed.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. On-boarding, for example, is usually a one-off session in which reps are expected to absorb large amounts of information in a limited amount of time. They don’t need to know how to do those jobs.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

Not only does taking vacation contribute to enhanced productivity but it also immunizes our teams against the toxic negative attitudes that can be contagious in the workplace. So if vacation has such a good ROI, why are people taking less and less of it? Evidence is piling up that vacations are good for business.

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Transforming from a Good to Great Coach

Rick Conlow

International Coach Federation (ICF) Research: The ICF conducts extensive research on coaching, and their studies have found that 70% of individuals who received coaching reported improved work performance, communication skills, and productivity. Personnel Management: A study compared training alone to coaching and training.